Mourning scene - photo 1

Mourning scene

Lot 45
25.02.2026 17:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerKunstauktionshaus Neumeister
Event locationGermany, München
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ID 1542608
Lot 45 | Mourning scene
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 4 000
Monogrammed "N. G" lower right, label with numbering "86" lower left. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. 25 x 39 cm. Restored. Minor damage.

Es ist schwer, eine Handlung in diesem sehr frühen Entwurf Gysis zu erkennen. Das Gemälde lässt sich in drei Handlungsräume einteilen, links die Frau, mittig ein Kind und rechts ein Mann (mit einem Entwurf für eine weitere Figur). Die beiden erwachsenen Personen links und rechts von der Wiege sind voneinander weggedreht, in dem Stadium der Arbeit aber ohne klare Gestik, sie von ihm abgewendet und wegschauend, er zwar in seiner Haltung abgekehrt, aber mit dem Blick zu ihr. Lediglich die Kinderfigur lässt sich leichter erkennen: Sie hat in tiefer Trauer und Verzweiflung die Hände über Kreuz über das Gesicht geschlagen.

Im Oeuvre des Künstlers findet sich das Motiv der Trauer und Verzweiflung immer wieder. Gysis thematisiert hier aber keine Handlungen, sondern nur Situationen, ohne den Grund dieser zu zeigen. Auch hier ist es unklar, was passiert ist. Es ist, als würden wir als Betrachtende wie durch eine Tür in die Szene eintreten. Gysis möchte nicht, dass wir auf eine akute Situation reagieren, er möchte, dass wir das Gefühl für die Spannung zwischen den Personen erleben.

Literature: Didaskalou, Konstantinos, Genre- und allegorische Malerei von Nikolaus Gysis, Munich (= dissertation thesis) 1991, pages 49-50. - Didaskalou, Konstantinos, Der Münchner Nachlass von Nikolaus Gysis, Munich 1993, page 146, number G 50, illustration 199: dated there to circa 1880.

Provenienz: from the artist's estate, Munich.
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